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APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30, |915.

Patented Apr. 24,1917.

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WILLIAM SHIRLEY CARTER, OF LOVINGSTON, VIRGINIA.

KNOCKDOW'N BARREL OR I-IOGSI-IEAI).

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed September 30, 1915. Serial No. 53,311.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM SHIRLEY CARTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lovingston, in the county of Nelson and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in KnockdownBarrels or Ilogsheads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in crates,barrels, hogsheads and the like, and resides more especially in a novelform of fastening means for securing the several parts in a set upposition.

lily improved fastening means is preferably designed for use inconnection with a barrel or hogshead as shown in United States PatentNumber 1,148,855 granted to me July 27, 1915, and has for an object theprovision of an adjustable means carried by the heads or ends of thebarrel whereby the several staves can be drawn inwardly and securelyattached to the heads as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap andefc'ient fastening device which can be readily attached to the heads orends of the barrel, and then connected to the surrounding stares to holdthe same in set up position.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a fastening deviceincluding a locking means for holding the said fastening device in itsadjusted position.

7With these and other objects in view my invention further resides inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andpointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of myinvention:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved fastening means as applied toa barrel or hogshead.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in perspective of one of the fasteningdevices, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view through the upper portion of a barrelwith my fastening device in position.

The invention as set forth in the accompanying drawing is primarilydesigned for use upon hogsheads or barrels which are composed of aplurality of radially arranged staves held at intervals against theedges of the end or head closures. In the commercial handling ofcontainers of this class, it has been found that the knockdown type ofbarrel or hogshead is the most serviceable and practical, and as asuccessful and ecoi nomical fastening means for the several parts isrequired in such structures, the hereinsetforth invention has beendesigned.

rl`he fastening device of which several are usually applied, comprises abase or plate 1 suitably secured as at 2 by rivets, screws or othermeans to the ends or heads 3 of the hogshead or barrel t. Rotatablymounted upon the base or plate 1 is a disk member 5. This member 5 ispositioned upon the stud 6, and is provided on one side at the edgethereof with an engaging hook 7. This hook may be formed integral withthe disk member as shown, or otherwise suitably secured thereto in anydesired manner. At a point substantially diametrically opposite the saidhook 7, there is provided on the member 5 a plurality of teeth orsegmental mutilations 8 as clearly shown. These teeth are preferably inthe form of ratchet teeth and are designed to coperate with a springactuated pawl 9 pivotally secured to the base or plate at 10.

The spring 11 normally forces the said pawl into engagement with theratchet teeth as will be readily understood.

The operating means for the fastening device comprises in part suitableprojecting studs 12 provided on the disk member 5, and between which abar or other lever actuating' instrument may be positioned when the diskis to be rotated in the positioning of the staves against the endclosures.

Coperating with and connected to the fastening devices just describedare links 13, the inner ends 14 of which are engaged by the hooks 7, andthe outer ends of which receive the encircling hoops or bands 15 of thebarrel or hogshead. These links are designed to pass through openings 16formed in the relatively spaced staves, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing.

In assembling the several parts of the barrel or hogshead by means of myimproved fastening devices, the relatively spaced staves are positionedagainst the head or end closures and the encircling hoops threaded withthe several spaced and positioned links 13. rIhe ends of the encirclinghoops or bands are preferably connected by a turnbuckle or otheradjustable connecting device 17, as shown in Fig. 1, which is, however,suitably loosened at the out set of the assembling. The inner ends ofthe links 13 are now in turn engaged by the hooks 7 Y and theintervening or connecting staves properly positioned between thehereinbefore referred too relatively spaced staves. As the staves aresuccessively positioned around the barrel or hogshead, the disk members5k of the fastening devices are successively rotated by means of thestuds 12, or a bar placed between the said studs, thereby drawing in thelinks 13 and the hoops or bands 15 and firmly securing the stavesagainst the end or head closures.

During the rotation of the disk members 5 of the fastening devices, thepawls 9 ride over the ratchet teeth 8, but when the desired position ofthe staves and fastening devices has been obtained the springs 11 forcethe pawls into engagement with the said teeth and prevent the rotationof the disk members in an opposite direction, therebyv effecting a.positive fastening and positioning of the barrel. or hogshead when setup. l From the foregoing it will be obvious that I have provided aneflicient and readily attached fastening means capable of easilyeffecting the positioning of the several staves of a barrel or hogshead,and securing in adi dition thereto a relative adjustment of the saidstaves and a locking of the parts in the adjusted position as occasionsrequire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A container comprising staves having adjustable hoops for sustainingthe same against outward movement, heads arranged Within the oppositeends of the. staves to sustain the same against inward movement,

means including adjustable hooks connected to the` end hoops, and meansfor holding the said' hooks in adjusted position.

2. A container comprising staves having adjustable hoops for sustainingthe same against outward movement, heads arranged within the oppositeends of the staves to sus tain thel same against inward movement, linksupon the end hoops and arranged upon the outer faces of the heads,l andymeans' including adjustable hooks upon the heads for engaging the saidlinks.

3. A container comprising staves having adjustable hoops for sustainingthe same against outward movement, heads arranged within the oppositeends of the staves to sustain the same against inwa-rd movement, linksupon the end hoops, means including rotatable hooks upon the heads forengaging the inner ends of the said links, and:

means for engaging the said hooks and se-V curin them in adjustedpositions.

t. f container comprising staves having adjustable hoops for sustainingthe same WILLIAM SHIRLEY CARTER.

Vitnesses:

J AMES F. Frrz GiBBoN, NELL K. RAEDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents.

Washing-ton, D. C.

